Handle.



' 'PA'TENTED MAY 7, 1907.

B. R. SARGENT HANDLE. mrrmcumn FILED SEPT. 19. 1902.

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EDWVARD R. SARGENT, OF NEWV HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO SAR- GENT AND COMPANY, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATIO OF CONNECTICUT.

HANDLE.

Patented May 7, 1907.

Application filed September 18, 1902. Serial No. 123.885.

To a whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD R. SARGENT, of the city and county of New Haven, State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Handles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, which form a part thereof, and in which Figure 1 represents a front elevation of a handle embodying my invention, Fig. 2, a re verse view thereof, Figs. 3 and 4, detail rear views of the handle portion and socket plates, respectively, Fig. 5, a central vertical section through the socket plate and associated parts.

In all figures, similar letters of reference represent like parts.

This invention relates to handles for caskets, boxes, and similar articles and has for its object the production of a novel, simple and efficient handle having the various improvements and combinations pointed out and claimed hereinafter.

The invention resides principally in the means for assembling the arms of the handle with the socket plates, so that the plate and handle may be formed up from single blanks of sheet metal. To this end a seat is provided in the interior of the plate for the lateral insertion of the pivot pin which is thusconcealed within the plate.

Referring to the drawings for a more particular description thereof the parts designated by the letter A represent the handle proper which is formed of sheet metal, the central portion a being rolled to provide a convenient grip and the extremities of the arm portions C preferably forked to form two parallel attaching plates B. The plates B may extend laterally from the plane of the arms C, so that the pivot holes I) in the plates may be placed at one side of the arms, as shown particularly in Fig. 5.

D designates the socket plate or plates formed of flat blanks of sheet metal stamped up into shape. The outer peripheries (1 may be turned inward to form with the face hollow interiors for the reception of the attaching plates B (Fig. 5). The surfaces of the plates D are perforated for the insertion of the attaching plates B, and in the particular form illustrated a slot E is provided for each plate,

while on either side of the slots E the plates are stamped outward to form depressions or grooved portions F for the pivot pins H, as shown more particularly in Figs. 2, 4 and 5.

G are straps or bridges formed between the slots E to close the openings into the interiors of the socket plates between the attaching plates B, and to form supports for the portion of the socket plate immediately above, which acts as an abutment against which the ends 0 of the arms C abut to limit the upward movement of the handle.

The parts are assembled by inserting the attaching plates B into the slots E and forcing the pivot pins H through the pivot holes 6. When the arms are drawn outward the pins H are drawn laterally into and fit snugly into the depressions F, where they are held against longitudinal displacement by the ends of the depressions (Fig. 2).

The socket plates D are secured to the box, casket, or other article by screws passing through screw holes (1, and when so secured the edges of the attaching plates B may abut against the box or other article, as shown in Fig. 5, to prevent the ends of the arms C from being pushed inward to displace the pivot pins H from the depressions F.

By the location of the pivot holes I) in the attaching plates B at one side of the arms C, the arms and handle may fall into a vertical position such as shown in Fig. 5, and the presence of the straps or bridges Gwill, with the arms C, present a neat, simple surface (Fig. 1). When the handle is raised the ends 0 of the arms abut against the portion of the socket plates immediately above the straps or bridges G to limit the further upward move ment of the handle.

Having now described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1s:

In a handle each arm of which is provided with a plurality of attaching plates, parallel and separated from each other, and having an abutting shoulder located between said attaching plates; the combination of a socket plate having parallel openings for receiving said attaching plates; a depression on the inner side of said socket plate between said openings for the lateral insertion of the pivot pin of said attaching plates; an abutment above the pivot pin and between said attach ing plates for engagement with said abutting shoulder thereby limiting the upward movement of said arm, and a bridge of metal extending from the upper to the lower side of said depression to support said abutment and formed integral therewith, substantially as and for the purpose described. [0

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand on the 17th day of July, 1902.

EDWARD R. SARGENT. Witnesses WILLIAM A. RICE, NELLIE M. WEDMORE, 

